LEFT AND RIGHT-HAND FINGERING

When we write music for the guitar, we use numbers to notate the correct finger on the left hand, and when playing using right-hand fingerstyle techniques, letters are used to notate which finger to play the note with.

As we do not use the thumb to play the guitar in our left hand, your index finger is your 1st finger, your middle finger is your 2nd finger, your ring finger is your 3rd finger and your pinky is your 4th finger.

For the right hand, the letter “P” indicates the Thumb, “i” indicates the Index finger, “m” indicates the Middle finger, “a” indicates the Ring finger, and although rarely used, “c” indicates the Pinky finger.